DISCLAIMER: If I owned Fairy Tail, I would make The Girls of Fairy Tail swim suit catalogue available. (I gotta have a little somethin' somethin' for the boys! Everything is for the ladies these days. And you know Loki would have one.)

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The Forgotten Glory of the Sunflower Patriot

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Part 7

"Radium Eyes"

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Ten years later

He didn't know how she did it, but she just laid a wad of cash on the table and assumed the best of him. He was thankful. He didn't know how she did it, but she walked off with a smile, knowing she'd never see him after this and didn't really seem to care. He was thankful. He didn't know how she did it, but she had made him find her, like a magnet drawing in iron. He was thankful.

He didn't know how she did it, but the boat stopped rocking. And he was thankful.

Adrenaline smoldered in his muscles, propelling his body like a rocket. Happy flew alongside him as they were chased out of Harujion by the local militia.

And she was there too. (Even if he just grabbed her and ran.)

Her name was Lucy.

"Hey." He turned to the blonde, a large smile on his face. She turned, her face radiating in the excitement of the situation. "You wanna join Fairy Tail, right?" He had never invited any one to the guild before, but her glowing smile seemed answer enough. "Then come with me!"

"Ok!" Her joy exploded within him and blossomed with such intensity that Natsu screamed in elation.

XoxoX

That was two months ago, today. Lucy had become a dominant figure in his life, someone he saw every day; and today was no different.

In fact, he had become such good friends with her, that he was sitting on her bed watching Happy walk all over her manuscripts with ink on his paws, waiting for breakfast.

Lucy was in the kitchen, her homemade pancakes flipping higher than the birdhouse motifs on her uppermost cabinets.

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AN: This was unexpectedly hard to write. I didn't really know how to go about it. Can you smell the end drawing closer, like Nirvana?!? HAHAHAHAHAAaaa cough cough cough..Is Midnight a boy, girl or transvestite? If he/she IS a trans…what did he/she tansgender FROM?? MY HEAD HURTS! I DUN GET IT!!!!

Manga Chapter Note – I thought it was SO cute when Natsu was screaming! OneManga scans didn't translate it, so his voice bubble is all kanji!!! WAH!